Late Filing Exemption Deadline – September 17, 2025

Your Homestead Exemption automatically renews each year provided there is no change in the ownership or use of the property. If you are already receiving Homestead Exemption on your current home, you do not need to reapply. 

If you have not yet applied for your 2025 Homestead Exemption, Limited-Income Senior Exemption or any other exemption, you can still file until September 17, 2025.  To view all the tax-saving exemptions available to qualified applicants, please visit our website.

Senior Exemption:  This exemption is both age and income-based and must be applied for separately from the Homestead Exemption.  To be eligible for this exemption, an applicant must be age 65 or older as of January 1, 2025 and have a household adjusted gross income for 2024 not exceeding $37,694.  Here is the link to the Senior Exemption requirements and online application for your review.

Disability Exemption: This exemption is available to every blind person or totally and permanently disabled person who is a bona fide resident of Florida.  Please click here to view all the Disability Exemptions.

Veteran & Military Exemptions: Veterans with a service-connected disability and the un-remarried surviving spouse are entitled to an additional exemption.  An active duty  servicemember who is receiving Homestead Exemption may qualify for an additional exemption if deployed outside the United States serving in support of designated military operations.  Please visit our website to review the Veteran & Military Exemption requirements and to apply online.

Surviving Spouse of First Responder Exemption:  Un-remarried surviving spouses of a first responder who died in the line of duty may be eligible for an exemption of the full assessed value of a Homesteaded property.  Here is the link to the exemption requirements.

Once the September 17, 2025 statutory “late filing” deadline has closed, we cannot accept any more 2025 exemption applications regardless of any good cause reason for missing the late filing deadline.  

Property owners who moved to a new home in 2025 can pre-file for tax year 2026.  To apply for a new Homestead Exemption, please visit our website..

If my office can ever be of assistance to you, please do not hesitate to contact me at  martykiar@bcpa.net.

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